630,000+ Driving Licences Stuck Printing Till 2027 — How Are You Driving Meanwhile?

DMT says well over 600,000 licences are sitting in a printing queue, with capacity stuck around 4,600 a day against a backlog that keeps growing faster than it clears. New machines are supposed to push that to about 8,200 a day, but officials themselves have only committed to sorting it out by April 2027. Some say it's a non-issue — you get a receipt or acknowledgment slip when you pass your test, that's accepted everywhere from police checks to vehicle rentals, so the plastic card turning up a year late is just an inconvenience. Others say that's not good enough: no physical licence means problems with insurance claims, job applications that need a copy, renting a vehicle from someone cautious, or simply convincing a traffic cop at 11pm who's never seen your paperwork before. If you or someone you know passed the test this year, what are you actually using day to day, and has anyone given you real trouble over it? ලයිසන් ලැබෙන්න තවම මාසෙන් මාසෙට බලන් ඉන්නවද, නැත්නම් රිසිට් එකෙන්ම ගැලපෙනවද?